Academic

Freak show owner fights for puppy ... saves law professor time

By Mark Weidemaier

It's nice when the local newspaper writes potential exam questions for you. This article, which displays a fine eye for legal nuance, features:

• a five-legged dog
• a contract between the dog's owner and ... wait for it ... the owner of a Coney Island "freak show"
• the statute of frauds
• breach induced by a good samaritan
• a threatened injunction to prevent the removal of the dog's extra leg

The money quote: "Sometimes, you just gotta say, 'OK, I still have nine live, two-headed animals,' and move on." Words to live by.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).